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- Must-read: "What do we owe soldiers? Evidence from the UK Armed Forces Covenant" from @blagdendavid.bsky.social, Ronald R. Krebs, and Robert Ralston. Open access - read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚀 NEW: "Victory or frozen conflict? Assessing the feasibility of Ukraine’s victory-oriented strategy to conflict termination" from @nuclearjan.bsky.social. 📑👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🌎🪖 "Beware! Here (might) be terrorists: Constructing the threat of terrorism in foreign travel advice" by @leejarvis.bsky.social. 📚👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by European Journal of International SecurityIlan Pappe to give #BISA2026 public lecture! 🎉 ‘Gaza as an epicentre - the breakdown of the international order’ trying to provide an explanation why the events in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 unsettled the international order 🌍 Space is limited so register now! 👉 ow.ly/qhIf50Y4lfY
- Reposted by European Journal of International Security🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.98 🤝 Left-wing populists tend to be egalitarian towards ethnic minorities. 📃 But based on @ejisbisa.bsky.social research, @ugaudino.bsky.social points out that their defence of Muslim communities’ religious grievances often clashes with their secular agenda. ➡️ bit.ly/4t0M4HP
- Reposted by European Journal of International SecurityDo states' grand strategies persist after traumatic geopolitical events? @zuzanalizcova.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold in @ejisbisa.bsky.social compare Israel after Oct 7 and Czechia after Russia's 2022 invasion, showing that the scale of change reflected the severity of perceived shock and threat.
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- 🚀 Beat the midweek blues with @alexchristoy.bsky.social's brilliant new article, "Pacifist rejoinders to the ‘Hitler question’". 🔖👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚨🌎 New and open access: "Balancing or integrating? How power–dependence relations shape international politics" by @pierreharoche.bsky.social. 📚👉 Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Our first issue of 2026 out now - and it's a brilliant special issue on South-South Security Cooperation and the (Re)Making of Global Security Governance. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @mybisa.bsky.social
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- 🚀 NEW: "Strategic autonomy: A ‘quantum leap forward on’ European total defence?" from Jana Wrange. 👉📚 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by European Journal of International SecurityREGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR #BISA2026!! Take a look at the conference programme and register now via the conference website: conference.bisa.ac.uk Participant registration deadline: 2 March See you in Brighton 🌊🏖️ @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social
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- 🚀 Must-read: "Rethinking survival in IR: Ontological security and narrated statehood" by @ProfEtuna. 📖👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚨💣 "From crisis to commitment: How empowerment and threat perceptions influence individuals’ defence willingness" from @hannaeback.bsky.social, Amanda Remsö, Emma Renström & Roxanna Sjöstedt. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 📑🚀 EJIS notice: Anything submitted between 19th December and 5th January will be processed after the 11th, given the absence of staff for winter leave.
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- 🚀🚨 New: 'Conditions of subversive reach comparing societal and strategic factors for Russian propaganda outlets’ reach among Western European fringe communities' by @christierns.bsky.social. 📰👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚨🪖 NEW: "What do we owe soldiers? Evidence from the UK Armed Forces Covenant" from @blagdendavid.bsky.social, Ronald R. Krebs & @robertralston.bsky.social. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- 🚨🇨🇳 Must-read: "Soft wedging: China’s strategic response to the Japan–South Korea entente under US-led trilateral security cooperation" by Shuqi Wang and Mingjiang Li. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- 🚀🚨 New from EJIS: "Alignment as a process: Explaining the trajectory of the Sino–Russian relationship" by Maria Papageorgiou & Valentina Feklyunina. 🇨🇳🇷🇺 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚨 "The competence–control trade-off in military AI innovation: Autonomous weapons systems and shifting modes of state control over private experts" by Andrea Johansen & Andreas Kruck. 📜👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Reposted by European Journal of International Security“For international relations and security studies scholars, the continued reluctance by nuclear-armed states to employ their arsenals – even when fighting and losing major wars – remains a significant puzzle,” write @laurensukin.bsky.social, @herzogsm.bsky.social, @smetanamichal.bsky.social, & (1/2)
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- Reposted by European Journal of International Security1/4 Policymakers often do listen to publics when formulating preferences on nuclear weapon use. Our #OpenAccess article provides first-of-kind evidence about when publics enable, constrain, or are less influential. @ejisbisa.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Link: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
- Reposted by European Journal of International SecurityDoes public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.
- 🚨 New: "Cultural memory and the minority effect in (un-)willingness to fight for the country: Evidence from Russian speakers in Latvia" by @felixschulte.bsky.social, Juris Pupcenoks, and Māris Andžāns. Check it out here 📄 ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🎈🥂 You can never have too much of a good thing... EJIS Volume 10 - Issue 4 (November 2025) is out now! Take a look here: t.co/DdBdIXHOqS @mybisa.bsky.social
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- Reposted by European Journal of International Security2/2 The paper should be of interest to all scholars studying the "nuclear taboo" and particularly to those who use survey experiments on population samples. Open access link: t.co/L1WcZZFRAW
- Reposted by European Journal of International Security1/2 Our new paper has just been published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social 🥰 We designed & fielded an original elite experiment to investigate when & how public opinion on nuclear weapon use shaped elite decision-making.
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- NEW: "European strategic cultures in flux? Case study on the European peace facility" from @katariinamustasilt.bsky.social & @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social. Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🗺️‼️ Must-read: "International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy" from Huw Dylan & Thomas Colley 👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- 🌏 BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – 10 Years of the European Journal of International Security 🎉 Join @edmundsprof.bsky.social as he looks back at the creation of our journal, ten years on! 🌟 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/bis... @mybisa.bsky.social
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- 🇫🇷 NEW: "Towards a French nuclear umbrella? Assessing the transition from US to French dual-key arrangements" from @nbardio.bsky.social. 📚👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🤖🌎 Brand new - and fascinating. "The more-than-human biopolitics of swarming – complexity, emergence, and control in military robotics" from @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social. 👉 Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚀🚨 EJIS VOL. 10 ISSUE 3 OUT NOW 🚨🎉 Includes three new articles, PLUS a five paper special section on 'Threat Perception and International Security' - including Janice Gross Stein on threat perception and response. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @mybisa.bsky.social
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- 🔥 "Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics" from @jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social, & @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social is a must-read. 👉 Read this timely article here: cambridge.org/core/journal... cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Some news: we're delighted to announce that Matthew Ford and Simone Tholens (@simonetholens.bsky.social) have joined EJIS as associate editors! 🎉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/update-...
- ⏱️🚨 From the archives: "Engines of power: Electricity, AI, and general-purpose, military transformations" by @jeffreyding.bsky.social and Allan Dafoe. 👉 Free to read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- ☀️ BISA is back, sunnier than ever, and OPEN for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions! 🥂 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM #BISA2026 🎉
- 🚨🚀 "Military demonstrations as digital spectacles: How virtual presentations of AI decision-support systems shape perceptions of war and security" from @vanderborghtr.bsky.social & Anna Nadibaidze. Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Why and how does Russia engage in the arms trade? Jonata Anicetti, Shang-Su Wu, and Ron Matthews seek to understand Russian arms trade on a deeper level through an eight-decade perspective that uncover a more nuanced set of motives. Read, in full, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Little old us? If you're not already following the entire @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org bluesky family, what are you doing? 😉🦋
- 🚨🇷🇺 "‘Down with neocolonialism!’ Strategic narrative resurgence and foreign policy preferences in wartime Russia" from @maudinet.bsky.social. Open access & available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 📑🚀 New and open access: "Finding the thieves amongst the liars: Thinking clearly about cyber-enabled influence operations" from Christopher Whyte & Ugochukwu Etudo. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- 🚨🚀 NEW and open access: "Digital im/materiality and the securitisation of cyber" from Håvard Rustad Markussen. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚀 Are you ready to shape thinking in the field? The #BISA2026 call for papers is OPEN NOW! Submissions for papers open on the 24th of September 🌟 More here: conference.bisa.ac.uk
- 📚🎉 New and open access: "The drone revolution: Towards a synthesis in the drone debate" from James Wesley Hutto and @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social. 👉 Read more here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 📖🚀 "Choosing not to choose: Hedging as a category of neutrality" from Fabio Figiaconi is fabio-lous (ahem) and precise analysis of hedging in contemporary international relations. 👉 Open access and available here: cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- 📖 "Russian counter-trade as a mechanism for promoting arms sales and diplomatic influence" from Jonata Anicetti, Shang-Su Wu & Ron Matthews is a timely and fascinating new EJIS article. 🇷🇺👉 Read it, for free, here: cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🇷🇺 "‘Down with neocolonialism!’ Strategic narrative resurgence and foreign policy preferences in wartime Russia" from Maxime Audinet. 👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🇲🇲🇹🇭 New and open access: "State failure and dilemma of security cooperation among neighbouring countries in the Global South: Evidence from Myanmar and Thailand" from Enze Han & Sirada Khemanitthathai. 👉 Read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚀 Brand new: "Making stars align: Partnerships between state sponsors and armed groups" from @niklaskarlen.bsky.social. 📚👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🚀 Brand new: "Making stars align: Partnerships between state sponsors and armed groups" from @niklaskarlen.bsky.social. 📚👉 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- Anything submitted to EJIS between 12th July and 11th August will be processed after the 11th, due to summer leave for the editorial staff. Thank you for understanding! 🚀
- "Fighting for their country: How proximate conflict shapes citizens’ attitudes" from @alexsorg.bsky.social, @wolfgangwagner.bsky.social, and @profonderco.bsky.social. 📖 Read in full here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- EJIS has received its first formal Impact Factor of 2.5, making us a Q1 IR journal. Many thanks to all our authors, previous editorial teams, and our colleagues at BISA & CUP for supporting this achievement within 10 years of the journal's founding! 🚀
- If you were at the BISA conference in Belfast last week, you might have seen this photo on the BISA Memory Board - the first three EJIS editors: Tim Edmonds, Jason Ralph and Andrew Mumford!
- Looking to head into the weekend with a relevant read? "Timing bombs and the temporal dynamics of Iranian nuclear security" from Ryan K. Beasley & Ameneh Mehvar might be for you! 🇮🇷 Open access and available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
